1. World War I
The War to End All Wars

2. Crisis Leads To Conflict
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Crisis Leads To Conflict

3. Essential Question What series of events lead to the outbreak of war?
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Essential Question What series of events lead to the outbreak of war?

4. War Breaks Out Question: What is War?
Answer: A military solution to a political problem

5. War Breaks Out Cause and Effect or “The Domino Effect”
When one action causes another which causes another and so on

6. War Breaks Out The Domino Effect

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Cause #1: Austria/Hungary rules many Serbians living in Austria and control key cities in Serbia itself
Effect #1: Nationalist groups form seeking Serbian independence. Some resort to violence.

8. War Breaks Out The Domino Effect
Cause #2: Nationalist groups like The Black Hand believe violence will help their cause.
Effect #2: Archduke Franz Ferdinand is assassinated by Gavrilo Princip, a Serb

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Effect #3: * Austria makes a list of demands for Serbia * Serbia refuses them *Austria declares war on Serbia (July 28) * Russia, a Serbian ally, declares war on Austria * Germany then declares war on Russia (August 1, 1914)
Cause #3: Archduke Ferdinand assassinated on June 28, 1914 by a Serbian named Gavrilo Princip. Serbia is blamed for the killing.

10. War Breaks Out Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Franz Ferdinand and his wife Sophie

11. War Breaks Out Gavrilo Princip shooting Franz and Sophia Ferdinand
The gun used by Gavrilo Princip to shoot Franz Ferdinand

13. War Breaks Out The Domino Effect
Germany’s Plan For War
France and Russia are allies, so Germany declares war on France
The Schlieffen Plan * Knock-Out France 1st * Avoid French defenses by invading through Belgium *Germany thought England would not get involved

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Why DID England get involved?
In 1839 Belgium and England signed a treaty making them allies.
The alliance system forced England to declare war on Germany

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Allies in peace became allies in war.
The Triple Entente becomes
The Allied Powers
England, France, Russia

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Allies in peace became allies in war.
The Triple Alliance becomes The Central Powers
Germany, Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Austria/Hungary

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19. War Breaks Out Battle of the Marne September 1914
Germany advances into France and gets within 15 miles of Paris.
French and British forces finally stop the German advance.
Trench warfare leads to a stalemate.
Trench Warfare: When fighting is done from deep ditches.
Battle of the Marne September 1914

20. War Breaks Out Battle of Verdun Feb.1916–Dec.1916
Took place in the northern part of France.
No ground was gained or lost.
Over 750,000 people died in the battle.